The Tyranny of the Weaker Brother
My entire Christian life of 50 years has seen more argumentative conflict and I've experienced more pain and suffering from Christians than from Unbelievers, Heathens and the like. Without going into all the scriptures I'd say any mature Christian would agree that our adversary Satan does his greatest work inside the church, working against the Saints and his greatest tool is LEGALISM which is Faith through Works and not Grace. One of my favorite books is "Pilgrims Progress" by John Bunyon. The greatest battle he fought was also the greatest battle Martin Luther fought which was also the greatest battle Paul fought which was also the greatest battle of Jesus. This was challenging the complete work of Jesus' sacrifice on the cross as "absolute" for all facets of Christianity from Salvation through Justification to preserve us until our day of Redemption. In other words: The great battle of GRACE vs WORKS. Are we justified by our works ...